The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-24
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS,
EAST,


Times and president of the New York Press
association, died at Whitehall New York, on
Tuesday, after an illness of only few hours.
The Grims dam, covering two acres, near
Boyerstown, Pennsylvania, near Reading,
burst through its breast eighteen feet high
Monday morning, destroying everything in
| the vicinity.
A Gailitzin, Pennsylvania, special says: A
Hungarian coke drawer went to work Mon
day at the mines of the Blair Iron and Coal
company. Later number of his countrymen
sought him and murdered him for being a
traitor to the cause of their strike.
Monday afternoon a terrible storm and
cyclone passed over the regions south of
Knoxville, Pennsylvania, extending through
the edges of Deerfeld township and Chatham.
Grain was leveled to the ground and forest
and orchard trees were torn up by the roots.
| Great loss has been sustained by the farmers.
A hurricane, accompanied by rain and hail,
prevailed at New Brunswick, New Jersey, for
an hour and half Tuesday afternoon. The
rainfall was the heaviest in many years. The
streets were deluged and badly damaged, and
cellars flooded. The fires In a number of fac.
tories were extinguished, and several build
ings struck BY lightning.
Geo. Whitstein, aged 20, furniture dealer
In Bridgeport, Connecticut, In fit of jealousy
shot his wife three times and then shot him-
self in the mouth. He died in fifteen minutes
and his wife will not live. The couple have
lived apart for several months, and it was on
this account that the shooting took place.
His wife was only thirty years old.
Near Peach Springs, A. T., Tuesday night,
the east-bound passenger train on the Allan
tic and Pacific road ran into therear end of a
freight train, wrecking the engine and mail
car Of the former and the caboose and two
freight cars of the latter train. The fireman
OF the passenger train was killed and the en-
gineer severely injured. A number of pas
sengers were badly shaken up.
About II o'clock Monday morning James
Martin, painter, aged II years, fell from tht
Brooklyn bridge into tie river below, a dis
lance OF $50 feet. He struck on his chest and
Immediately sank. A tug boat engineer res
cued him and he was taken to the Chamber
street hospital where it was found he had SUI
tained no serious injury and complained only
of slight pain In the chest
The Portland Oregonian's special ON
Eilensburg, W. T., says fifty tons of rock fell
in the eastern end of the Cascade tunnel, now
being built by the Northern Pacific railroad
killing four men and wounding several Others
1t is thought that none of the wound d will
Ole. The men claim that the contractors
were careless. and did not timber the tunnel
fast enough to keep up with the boring.
One OF the most terrific storms ever wit |
messed In the section passed over Strouchs- |
burg, near Reading, Pennsylvania, Monda, |
night, and many fields and buildings were |
flooded. The historic Christ Lutheran church
one mile from town, was struck by lightning
and completely burned. The loss to the con-
gregation will be $4,000 This ediice was
built In 1743 and rebuilt In 1856. 1t was one
of the first Lutheran churches built in This
country.
The rumors current Thursday in New York
that John W. Mackey had sailed for that civ
after acquiring James Gordon Ben.
merits interest in The Commercial
cable, and arranged for an advance =
n cable rates to 30 cents a word. were
lscribed in Wall street as the cause Of rise IN
Western Union. The Evening Post saws q p,
Gentleman who is interested in the Com
nercial company told a reporter he had no
ouot the long cable war was over.
Mrs. Lille Schlimmer, sixteen wear old
lie, was murdered in cold blood bv her :,
outhful husband Joseph, in Jersey City, at =
O'Clock Monday afternoon. The counle :
ere married with the consent of the girls
Arents' DIT on account of his age it was
sfeed tney should not live together for two
ears 1t Is said young Schlimmer has been 10
ldeaVoring to persuade the girl to leave the g
arental roof. She refused, and he had been II
angling suspiciously around the house ever
nee. Y
Mrs. W. Il. Lisle, of Lansingburg. Nv pr
orA, Win her two small children, left that III
ace Monday evening for Glenn's Falls. The rr
AIN stopped at Fort Edwards and something ut
CURED to excite the lady, and she ATTEMPT
70 Jump from the coach to the platform. ha
c threw one of her children first and then OF
rang after 1t with the other. She fell under bu
cars and received injuries from which SIZE at
"a, and which resulted in the death of one go
her children. The other child was rescued
the engineer. y.
detectives Thursday arrested George Earth VI
oted burglar, at Jersey City, who is wanted VII
burglary at Fairchield & Co.'s iewelrv SIX
re 10 Bridgeport, Conn, on July II, when tht
ir safe was broken epen and SIS. 900 worth Ga
and jewelry stolen. He returned
emily from professional trip to Furona Ne
ich is said to hsve been very successfn, bv
bis lodgings startling array of burglars, on
Is were found. Ten pounds of DYNAMITE the
tridges were found buried I'm the rs-4 p,-
tectives say 1t is the most complete bnr,,lsr On
1T they ever saw.
mere vas christening in the family ~ {
Mueien, il Brooklyn, which broke ~, 6e'
III midnight in desperate fight. fl which ohl
man vas killed and a woman fatally io1
ladea and two or three guests cut ard toi
lSed. There were sbout fifteen or stx.eeo pa
SITS, and the festivities went along poS
'sAntly until 8 late hour, when Daniel r
len aud Dennis Dillon made their pear M
and commenced TO fight with the guests. e..
visit Of the Two men grew out of a feud ma.
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